Free games, planted by players
And when it earns, so do you. GamesGarden is a free games garden in your browser. Play on your phone or laptop with no download and no sign-up, then plant the game you wish existed.
Authors share in what their game earns. Terms come before launch.
It has already happened
Nobody needed to code. One sentence of idea, then lots of play and honest notes. That is the whole job of an author here.
One player asked for a bud-popping game. We built it, then kept tuning it to that player's real runs, right down to the levels where that player got stuck. Now there is a long garden path of levels and a Daily Bloom.
Play Petal PopAnother player asked for a favourite kind of route-building game, then played every early version. Those notes shaped round after round of changes, from the first plots to the trains of today.
Play Gnome LineIn both cases the idea was one sentence. The real work was playing the early versions and saying what felt wrong. That is the part we want to do with you.
Free, in your browser, on phone and laptop. No download. No sign-up.
Draw little railway lines between the plots and get every gnome home. Calm at first, then busy.
Fling a bud, pop three of a colour, and watch the rest drop into the basket. A long path of levels, plus a Daily Bloom.
Keep the pests off your prize marrow for up to 100 waves that keep getting harder. Grow plants that evolve. How many waves can you hold?
Lob flower pots at a rival gnome. Mind the wind, mind the pond. Walk the Garden Trail, or take on a friend online.
The wind is your only engine. Learn to ride it, free 44 harbours, then roam the open sea.
Fifteens, pairs and runs on a real pegging board. First round the board to 121 wins.
Build runs and sets, keep your deadwood low and knock before the bot does.
Jump, capture, get crowned. Simple rules, a sly bot.
Tell us your idea in a few lines: how you play, what makes it fun, who it is for. A classic nobody owns or your very own idea. No famous names, please.
Is it fair for us to make? Is it fun in short bursts on a phone? We read every idea.
We pick a few and build them one at a time, with the same care as every game here. You don't write a line of code.
You try the early versions before anyone else and help shape them. Your garden name goes on the game.
And when it earns, so do you.Authors share in what their game earns. Terms come before launch.
See how planting worksPick a name and you're on the boards. No email, no password. A garden key brings your name and points to another phone or computer.
Our server checks every score before it counts, and in most games it replays the whole match, move by move. Garden points from every game, this week and all time.
See the leaderboardsSend a link and play a friend online. Live in Pot Shot today, more games to follow.
Play Pot ShotIn Pot Shot, Cribbage, Gin Rummy and Checkers there is always someone to play, at four levels, and Saltwind has a bot league with five ranks. Our bots play by the same rules you do, and in the card games they only ever see their own hand.
Every game stays free. A Garden Pass would take the ads away in every game, once ads arrive, and add some extra looks. It never helps you win.
Take a lookQuestions
GamesGarden is a free games site you play in your browser, on phone or laptop. It has eight games today, from new ones like Gnome Line and Petal Pop to classics like Cribbage and Checkers, and it is growing games that players propose.
Yes. Every game, every level and every leaderboard is free to play. Some extras may come later, like an optional Garden Pass, but the games stay free.
You plant an idea: a few lines on how it plays and why it is fun. We read every idea, build the best ones and invite you to play the early versions and shape them. Planting is open for early testers.
No. You bring the idea and your taste, and we draw it, build it and tune it. The most useful thing an author does is play the early versions and tell us honestly how they feel.
That is the plan: when a game earns, its author shares in what it earns. Terms come before launch, so you will know exactly where you stand before anything is built.
No. Tap a game and play. If you want to be on the leaderboards, pick a garden name. There is no email and no password.
Both. Every game runs in the browser on phones, tablets and computers, with nothing to download or install.
The games are made for a family table: cartoon gnomes, flower pots, buds and little boats, and nothing gory. We never ask for an email, a phone number or a real name, and there are no ads yet, and analytics cookies only if you say yes. A garden name is all that shows on the boards.
Yes, in Pot Shot you can send a friend a link and play online, 1 vs 1. In Pot Shot, Cribbage, Gin Rummy and Checkers you can also play a bot at the level that suits you, and in Saltwind you can race a rival fleet in the bot league.
Yes. Our server checks every score before it counts, in most games by replaying the whole match move by move, and nothing you could ever buy changes a score or a place on a board.